Military history
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Sir John Popham: A Speaker-Elect Makes a Quick Escape from the Parliamentary Turmoil caused by England’s Precipitous Exit from Europe
In light of the recent controversy surrounding the current Speaker of the House of Commons and his position on Brexit,…
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Samuel Peploe: scourge of the Jacobites?
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, examines the career of the fierce anti-Jacobite clergyman, Samuel…
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No deal: Pride’s Purge and retreat from settlement
As MPs prepare to vote over whether or not to accept the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May, we have…
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Revisiting the origins of the Kindertransport on its 80th anniversary
Today is the 80th anniversary of what is now known as the Kindertransport debate in the House of Commons. Ahead…
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Peace at Last?
Earlier this autumn saw the 80th anniversary of the Munich agreement, marked by a ‘Peace for our Time’ blog from…
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‘For our honour’s sake we dare not keep them out’: Josiah Wedgwood and the Jews in Nazi Europe
Ahead of our conference and public lecture at Keele University on 22 November to mark the 75th anniversary of…
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Crucible of revolution: Parliament, Putney, and the politics of settlement in the Autumn of 1647
Ahead of tonight’s special edition of our IHR Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar in aid of UK Parliament Week (‘One person,…
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MPs and the First World War
Since 2014 Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project, has been writing blogs to mark…
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Gerald Arbuthnot MP and the Parliamentary War Memorial
Since 2014 Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, has been blogging about the 24…
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MPs in World War I: the Hon. Charles Henry Lyell (1875-1918)
Last month we marked the centenary of the last serving MP to be killed in action during the First World…
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‘His Presence contributed greatly to the success of the Day’: George II, king and soldier
Today marks the anniversary of the coronation of George II, the British monarch known for being the last to ride…
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Medieval MP of the Month: Sir Christopher Talbot
Here’s the next installment in our series ‘Medieval MP of the Month’. Today we here from Senior Research Fellow, Dr…